News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR launches new guides on freedom of assembly and association
Publishing date: 27 September 2011
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new guides to promote respect for the freedom of assembly and association in the margins of the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw on 27 September 2011...
OSCE survey: We want to hear your views on security
Publishing date: 27 September 2011
We want to hear your views on security and the role of the OSCE. Please take 5 minutes to complete our short survey. Click here to take the survey.
OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess parliamentary elections in Poland
Publishing date: 27 September 2011
WARSAW, 27 September 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in Poland on 9 October...
OSCE Centre in Astana promotes prevention of child trafficking
Publishing date: 27 September 2011
ASTANA, 27 September 2011- Ways to prevent the trafficking of children from orphanages and special schools was the topic of an OSCE-organized discussion held in Astana today...
OSCE trains Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament representatives on legislative process and parliamentary control
Publishing date: 27 September 2011
BISHKEK, 27 September 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported workshop on legislative process in the Parliament and control of legislation implementation started today in Bishkek...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports training on access to information
Publishing date: 27 September 2011
TASHKENT, 27 September 2011 – The second round in a series of training sessions for officials in the information services of state agencies and public organizations started in Tashkent today...
Media freedom representative urges governments to keep Internet free, protect journalists against violence
Publishing date: 26 September 2011
The Internet has fundamentally changed societies for the better and should remain free, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, as she addressed diplomats and representatives of human rights non-governmental organizations at the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting...